How to Choose a Font
July 24, 2010 | Tags: fonts, geeky design humor, graphic design, typefaces, typography
From Julian Hansen, a very clever, very young graphic designer in Copenhagen, a big old-fashioned flow chart that tells you all you need to know about picking a typeface. Especially if you cried watching Terminator.
Click on the image for the full-sized chart.
Julian sells a poster version here.
Fun and games for typomaniacs
September 22, 2009 | Tags: arial, fun, games, helvetica, typography
It’s impossible to study typography without turning into a bit of what the great Erik Spiekermann calls a typomaniac:
[It's] an incurable if not mortal disease. I can’t explain it, I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it. … Other people like looking at bottles of wine or girls’ bottoms, I get my kicks out of looking at type. It’s a little worrying, I must admit.
For incurable typomaniacs and those just starting down the road, here’s a trio of font games you’ll find a lot more fulfilling than Minesweeper ever was. In the bad, bad old days.
Helvetica vs. Arial
Do Tekken-style battle (sort of) as the hopping, high-jumping Helvetica against the Microsoft-imposed mediocrity of Arial.
The Rather Difficult Font Game
Big, clean, pretty font identification practice from the good folks at I Love Typography. Rather difficult, as it turns out.
Deep Font Challenge
Font ID meets the old carnival shooting gallery. Timed and progressively more difficult. Great fun. In a really, really dorky way.
Typography porn
August 20, 2009 | Tags: graphic design, type, typography
I hadn’t had a proper fix since Alki1’s International Typographic Style photo set on Flickr. Then I ran across the blog of Jessica Hische, a Brooklyn-based designer and illustrator who specializes in hand lettering. Really pretty hand lettering.
